‘In My Life’ Articles

“Aloha, interjection (Ə-‘lo-(h)ä) used as a greeting or farewell Hawaiian, from aloha; love First Known Use: 1820.” -Miriam-Webster Dictionary “Daddy, can we live here?” My Daughter asked. I looked around at the cool white sand, bright blue water and smiling faces. I breathed the warm, fragrant air—lightly salted from the sea—and truly couldn’t blame [Continue]

“True balance—dynamic, powerful balance—is sustained by determined and diligent effort to elevate the quality of our lives no matter where our time is being spent.” – Pr. Dana Arakawa, MAPP For the last 13 months I’ve stepped on the same scale every week, at least once. Last Monday was the first time that I was [Continue]

“Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.” -Anonymous I do a lot of work with milestones in therapy. They’re great conceptually because they’re heavy, concrete objects to which we can tie all sorts of life experience. Even ephemeral changes in thinking or [Continue]

“Ya gotta love wat’cha eat!” -Andi, My Weight Watchers Leader I’ve been contacted by a kind and encouraging number of you who’ve said things that fall into two main categories: 1) “You’re an inspiration to me!” 2) “Alright, buddy. Make with the recipes already.” To those of you in category one, I say, “Thank [Continue]

Books, DVDs, Magazines, Comic Books, Kinck-nacks, Tchotchkys, dust-catchers, #@%# clutter everywhere and why can’t I find a single flat surface to put down this coffee mug?! Does this sound like something that runs through your brain when entering your “office,” “den” or your whole house? Don’t worry; you are simply part of the “great [Continue]

“To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.” -Thomas Campbell Back in April, as a way to put my small, small words behind a project (and a Kickstarter) that I dearly believe in, I interviewed Jessica Vale about her time in Liberia working on the documentary Small Small Thing, which [Continue]

“…” That’s “silence” in writing. It is often the catchphrase of a mute protagonist in Japanese-style Role Playing Games. It’s great in the game because you can fill in the blank with your own persona. It can be a powerful challenge in therapy. Silence can be the space that your patient is finally offered [Continue]

“Even if we dodge the bullet this time, there’s another in the chamber just waiting.” -Neil Wallace, Economist Welcome to 2013. The internet is chock-full of “Best of” lists of things that happened in 2012, and that’s awesome. This year I decided to go the opposite direction because sometimes it’s equally powerful to be mindful [Continue]

“Playing your requests from now until 6pm Christmas Day. This is WPRB in Princeton.” -Jon Solomon “Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives.” Maybe you remember Clarence from It’s a Wonderful Life stating the movie’s theme pretty heavy handedly, maybe you don’t. Either way, the touch of a life is [Continue]